This is my journey from S.N to R.N

On determining if baby may have birth defects just after the delivery: “Well, if the baby has you know maybe droopiness or a something weird in the face, I may look at the parents. Sometimes the parents will be looking a little chromesome-y themselves!”

PS- You can also read about the origin of these nursing instructor quotes and the rest of the collection of other M-isms

On fetal attitude: “Oh my yes, they’ll have an attitude before they even get here”

On African-American babies sometimes looking light-skinned when first born: “Sometimes, you gotta calm daddy down- maybe call security. They see this light baby and start thinking, I dunno, maybe mom was fooling around! But, then you show them the ears and the privates and say ‘See? They’re dark! White babies don’t look like that.’”